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Title:“Genetic
Calligraphy”
Medium and Dimensions: Inkjet Print on paper mounted on poster
board
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Summary:
This
work uses the genetic code to translate a sentence into a DNA sequence
and vice versa. The genetic code table was created by randomly placing
words from my original sentence into the boxes. My original sentence
was a metaphor for DNA, comparing it to calligraphy. Then like reading
a grid (using the far left column for the first base, the top column
for the second base, and the far right column for the third base)
I translated the sentence into a DNA sequence.I
then mutated the original sentence by deleting and substituting
words to completely change the meaning of the original sentence.
This new sentence was then translated into its own DNA sequence.
For
both these sequences I used the complimentary pair (A bonds to U
and C to G) to find the complimentary sequences. Then I reverse-translated
it to determine the sentence it coded for. I was very surprised
that the phrases in the mutated complimentary pair sentence had
a very similar meaning to the original sentence and not its complimentary
pair sentence (the mutated sentence). It truly related calligraphy
to DNA. It was as if the table or the sequences could have some
type of self-correcting mechanism built in. How else could one explain
the correlation? It seems to be too perfect to be purely coincidental.
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Original
Sentence: Calligraphy is a form that unfolds in time by a dynamic
sequence of movements. Each character of the script is made with
a precise number of strokes which must be traced to an invariable
predetermined sequence. This is a medium that tolerates no error,
no correction, no hesitation. ~Simon Leys, One More Art, New York
Review, 18 April 1996
Original
Sequence: CAA GAU ACA GGU CUA AUA UGC UAC UAA GUU GUA GCC GGC
ACG GAA ACC CUU UAG CAC GUC GUG AAU GAC GGA GCG GAG AGU AGA CCA
CAU CGU UUA AUU UCG AGC GGG UCU UGG AAC UGA AGG UUC UUU AAA UCA
CCG CCU UGU ACU CUC CGA GCA AUG
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Complimentary
Pair Mutated Sequence: GUU CUA UGU CCA GAU UAU ACG AUG AUU CAA
CAU CGG CCG CGA CUU UGG GAA AUC GUG CAG CAC UUA CUG CCU GCG CUC
UCA UCU GGU GUA GCC GCA AAU UAA AGC UCG CCC AGA ACC UUG ACU UCC
AAG AAA UUU GGC GGA UGA GAG CGU UAC
Complimentary
Pair Mutated Sentence: A that no which is, movements. To calligraphy
must not error no character … is important the traced sequence,
precise, no sequence form dynamic sequence hesitation made by invariable
an perfect strokes each without correction, it tolerates that of
a is number be time
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Genetic Art
Proposal
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Title:
"Designer Babies: Reality or Myth?"
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| Summary:
Imagine your perfect child for a moment. Would it be a he or a she?
Would it have blonde, brown, or red hair? How about blue, brown or
hazel eyes? Would it be tall, short or average height? What if you
could actually determine all these characteristics for your own baby?
This used to be just a crazy thought that would never be realistic,
right? However, with today‚s technology and sophisticated research
this may be closer to reality than previously thought. The consideration
of these „designer babies‰ has become more feasible due
to great discoveries from the human genome project, cloning and modern
molecular biology. Surprisingly, the primary steps of designing your
own baby have already taken place, and in some cases have been successful!
Is this idea one that we could actually see come true in the near
future, or is it just another flashy headline? Could designer babies
become a form of art? |
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